Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8447, William Ewing, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Ewing William
S. 8447
CONTENTS
carded

26.336.
Ohio - Pittsburgh Agn
William Ewing of Wayne Co. in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stearns of the Regt commanded by Col  ... in the Ohio Volunteer  ...
Pr 5 e No - 16.66 2/3 Arm 5 " 18.33 1/3 35.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio ... at the rate of 35 Dollars - ... Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of ... and ... 1832 J. ...  ... Ohio -
Arrears to the 4th of ... 105.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending ... 17.50 ... 122.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ... Clerk, Book ... Vol. 8 Page 110

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Ohio, Wayne County ss
on this eighth day of February 1834. Personally appeared the subscriber William Ewing, an applicant for a Pension, a resident citizen of the Township of Derry, in Wayne County, State of Ohio, before me Hugh Culbertson, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, In and for the County of Wayne in the State of Ohio, the said William Ewing being of good and sound memory, to wit, being of the full age of twenty one years of age, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Provision of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That this applicant entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, in the County of Lancaster, in the State of Pennsylvania, his Captain under whom this applicant served was one Captain "Casper Stover" of the Militia, of the State of Pennsylvania for the period of six months in a Rifle Company of Militia commanded by Capt. "Stover" that this applicant recalled the name of the "Fifer" who was a musician in said Company, was of the name of "Mellinger" that this applicant was in said Company of Militia in the "Mess" with his Comrade soldiers under Captain Stover.

with "William Ward" "Michael Swanger," "Peter Yeirgst" and one other Man of the name of "Yeirgst," the Father of the said "Peter Yeirgst," all of said Soldiers served with this applicant under Captain "Stiver" of the Militia, for said Period of six months, that this applicant was drafted for said Period in the Township of "Lebanon" in Lancaster County, that this applicant was In the Militia of Pennsylvania under said Captain "Stiver" for said Period, that this applicant was drafted & joined the company on the first of July 1777, and served from the first of said month to the first of December, 1777. when this applicant was verbally discharged on the first of December 1777. and this applicant further says that he and the  Major  several with a Detachment of soldiers after some Prisoners, who had been captured by the Americans, that this applicant says that he recollects the names of some of the soldiers who were in that Detachment with this applicant, the names of the men were, — one "Leonard Hewman" and Walter "Hewman," and one of the names of John Hewman, and these are all the names this applicant recollects at this time, that this applicant & the men in that Detachment, put the Prisoners in "a Stockade" Built of "Poles & Stakes" the "Stockade" was Built a little north of the Town of Lancaster near or along on the right hand side of the road leading from Lancaster to Litzitz, a little over a distance

from old Lancaster, in Pennsylvania that this applicant was under the said Captain "Storer" a Guard over the British Prisoners, that were kept at the Stockade near Lancaster Pa where this applicant served his said time under Captain Storer, that whilst this applicant was stationed at the "Stockade" he recollects the circumstance that one "William Ward" a Soldier of the Militia under Captain Storer, and in the same "Company" with this applicant was set on Guard, and was got a sleep, on his Post, and two of the British Prisoners, made their Escape, from the Stockade, and this applicant with several others went after those British Prisoners, who made their Escape, and pursued them to a Place, in the State of Maryland called "Long Keeble" where this applicant & those with him got the British Prisoners again & brought them Back to Lancaster, and there delivered them to the officers, but what was done with them finally this applicant does not know, that this applicant says that some of the Prisoners, who had been confined at Lancaster, were sent to "Little York" and there Put in the Stockade at "Little York", the

stockade at "Little York" was built a few miles from Little York that it stood to the left of the road from "Wright's Ferry" to Little York, as near as the applicant recalls it, that this applicant was one of the soldiers that took the prisoners from Lancaster to Little York - that this applicant understood there were several hundreds of the prisoners, called - Burgoyne, when that they were moved from Lancaster in the fall of 1777. and this applicant says that he recalls that "William" Ward was arrested, for falling asleep on guard, and was punished for it, he was fined $2 or 3 for it, and he was kept in the Guard House, for some time. that he recalls that Ward was very much alarmed, when he was arrested, that this applicant remembers how "Ward" stared & looked when he was taken, that at the expiration of the said six months, this applicant received a verbal discharge from the service at "Old Lancaster" in Pennsylvania.

on the first of December, 1777. but Received no written Discharge, that this applicant recollects also that one "John Kloninger" was the Paymaster of the Regiment whilst this applicant served his above mentioned six months under Capt "Storer" that the Pay Master, at one time Paid this applicant his money that was due him,
And this applicant was, once more, In the Service of the Militia of Lancaster County, in the State of Pennsylvania, as a Volunteer that this applicant served from the 10 th of June, 1778, to the 10 or 12 th of December following making a Service as a Volunteer in the Militia Corps of Six Months, that this applicant was a Musician for said Service Under Command of Capt — "Stattles- man" that this applicant was a Drummer in the said "Stattlesman's" Company of Militia, that the applicant recollects that he went to the Eastward into the State of New York, from "Lancaster" where this applicant was taken to a Place on and along the North or Hudson River,

in the state of New York, that they were at a Place Called "Esopus," in the state of New York, on the Hudson River and now Called "Kingston," that whilst at Kingston, they received a Report that the British were coming up the North River, that they were ordered to be in readiness for Battle, that as soon as the fact was ascertained that the Report was not true the Troops were taken from "Esopus" to a Place called Down the Hudson River, to "Newburgh" and were there a short time, and from there they were Marched to "New Windsor," and were there some time & at "Blooming- Grove," and then the Troops were Marched to "Suffex" Court-House" this Applicant thinks it is in "New Jersey" state, and that at the time that the Troops went through "Suffex" County, there was only a few "log-Buildings" in it, and from there the Troops went to a Place Called, Easton, in Pennsylvania and from there through Bethlehem, a small "Moravian Town," in Pennsylvania and from this Place to Allentown,

and from there through "Coats-Town", and then to "Reading", and were there a short time, and then to "Old-Lancaster", and were there again until finally discharged from the service, By his Captain, - Staatslemann, on the 10th or 12th of December, 1778, this was in the Spring or season after the surrender of Burgoyne, that this applicant is now so old & infirm that the above are a particular as he can at this time recollect, that the above mentioned period of service, were faithfully served by this applicant as above mentioned, and this applicant further says that no living witness can at this time he had or procured to prove the above mentioned service, or any part or portion of them, & that those who served with this applicant at the time are dead & gone, that, this applicant's memory is so faint that he does not recollect the Col of the Regiment, to think it was of the name of Col. Davis, that this applicant served both Regiments under Col. Davis, in the Militia

here recollects that one Capt. Blaymaker, was in the service at the same time that I was, in the service, and that I am so feeble and infirm in Health, that I am not able to bear the Examination and Investigation In a Court of Record and for that Reason have submitted to an Examination before Judge "Enklebaum"
Interrogatories
1 st Where & in what year were you Born? Ans. I was Born in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County in the State of Pennsylvania in the year, 1762.
2 d Have you Record of your age, & if so where is it?
Ans. I Have, an old Memorandum wrote in German Language, which I read of my Mother and I have the same in my possession, and from that I know my age to be 70 Years of age as above stated.

3 d where were you living when called into the service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Ans d . At the time I entered the service I resided at East Lime, in Lebanon Township, in the County of Lancaster, in the state of Pennsylvania, and since the Revolutionary war I have lived in Dauphin County Pa. six miles from Harrisburgh Pa. and from there I removed into Wayne County, Ohio, where I now reside, & have resided here for the space of Six years past.
4 th
How were you called into the service were you drafted? Did you volunteer, or were you a substitute & if a substitute for whom?
Ans d . I was in the service at two periods, and once I served as a volunteer under Capt. Strathman and the other time I was drafted as a militia man,

5 th State the names of the officers who served with you, and the Genl. Circumstances of your Service &c.
Where I served under Capt "Strein" & Capt "Stottlemann" and Col Davis was my Colonel under whom I served - and John Kloninger was my Paymaster of the Regt who paid me my wages - and Capt Stoughton was in the Service with me also.
6 th Did you ever receive a Commission during your Service at any time? Ans r I never Received any Commission during my Service?
7 th Did you ever receive a written Discharge & if so where is it? Ans r I never received any written Discharge from my officers but was at each time verbally Discharged from the Service.
Subscribed & sworn to before me This 8 th day of February 1834
William X Ewing Mark
Nathl Cullerton Associate Judge

June 3 '98 Miss Mabel R McCurdy Kansas City Mo.
Rev. May
8447 INVALID..
Am
File No. 8447
William Ewing
Brn Rev. May
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 118
[Arrangement of 1870.]

30. 190
William Erving Ohio
f 1777 p & d in m. 10 ~
Return P 5 ~ $16.66 2/3 Dr 5 ~ 18.33 1/3 $35.00
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3.66 5 10.66 18.33
John Hawk Esq. Jeromeville Wayne County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
28 April 1854
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjocined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Corning
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
There were no drafts or Voluntary Enlistments in the Militia of Penn a for 6 Months at one draft —

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of services in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the terms, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Jerome Hill Wayne Co. Ohio May 9th 1836. Honble J. L. Edwards
Sir in Herewith
Enclose the Pension Papers of William Ewing - an old Revolutionary soldier who has served for about a year or a little more. But By his loss of memory he claims for only 10 months service, a part of this time he served as a Drummer in the Militia the state of Pa.
There can be no possible doubt of the old Gentlemans service, yet he is so frail that he is unable to give a very full account of all the circumstances of his services. The old gentleman is a worthy Honest & Amiable old man, - & sustains a first rate character for truth & veracity, he is supported mostly By the charity of his friends, It is earnestly desired desired & expected that the Department will place his name on the Roll for - such amount as his 10 months service entitle him -
Your obedt. Servt John Gault.

State of Ohio, Wayne County. Ss.
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Wayne, in the State of Ohio, William Ewing the within named applicant for a Pension. who being by me duly sworn, deponeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the Periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, for five months as a Private Soldier, and for five months I served as a Musician, as a Drummer and for said Ten Months Service - I claim a Pension."
Sworn to and subscribed Before me this 30th day of April 1834. Chas. Wilson J.P.
His William T Ewing mark

State of Ohio. Wayne County ss
I John Sloane Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Ohio do hereby Certify that Elly Wilson Esquire Before whom the foregoing proceeding appear to have been had was at the date thereof an acting 'Justice' of the Peace within & for said County of Wayne in the State of Ohio, Duly Commissioned and Qualified, and that all his Official acts are entitled to full faith & Credit In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Wooster the 6th day of May A.D. 1832.
J. Sloane Clerk

Amendments to William Ewings Papers.
State of Ohio, Wayne County ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne in the state of Ohio, William Ewings of the County of Wayne in the state of Ohio who being of me duly sworn deposes and saith that the services rendered by him during the Revolutionary war, was in a Militia Company - as a drafted Militia man in Lancaster County in the state of Pennsylvania under a "Captain Stiver" who commanded the Company to which he belonged during said Period of Duty as a drafted Militia man, that this Period of Service this applicant thinks, as near as he can recollect commenced in the month of July 1777. on the first of July - that he was out and served at this Period of Duty as much as five months, through the month of July, August, September, October and the Month of November of 1777.
That by reason of his old age and his consequent loss of Memory he is unable to state or recollect with Precision the exact time for which he was drafted out to serve at this time that his statements are from his best recollection and dates & times of his service are according to his best recollection.
And this applicant further states that he served a second term of Duty as a volunteer in a Militia Corps of Troops in the state of Pennsylvania, for a term or Period of six months, as near as this applicant can at this time recollect, that this applicant entered the service about the 10th of June 1778. and served through that summer until the 10th or 12th of Decr following, that he served said Period under a Captain of the name of Capt. Strattleman, in the Militia service in the state of Pennsylvania, that this applicant served said last mentioned

Period of Duty as a Drummer being a Musician for the whole Period of the last mentioned term of Duty, that this applicant does not give the dates & times of his service, other than from his Best recollection and belief - as he has above stated,
That this applicant is positive that at Both Periods of Duty he was out at least as much as Seven  ten months in all his Revolutionary services, that his first Period of Service under Captain "Storer" he served as a Private Soldier for as much as five months, and for the last term of Duty he served as a volunteer under Capt. Staughton, as a Musician in said Company, and served as a Drummer in said Company for as much as five  five months at that time, that this applicant served his first Period as a Private soldier and the latter for the whole Period as a Musician under the officers above mentioned, and that he was not at any time, during the above mentioned - Periods of service engaged in any civil pursuit but wholly devoted to the army and the service of his Country
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 st day of April 1831.
W. B. Johnson his William T. Ewing mark

State of Ohio.
Wayne County ss. I William Ewing the applicant for a Pension do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agent of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed this 8 th day of February - 1834 } William Ewing his mark Hugh Culbertson Associate Judge
We Robert Davis a Congressman residing in the County of Wayne in the state of Ohio and Zachariah Lash - a citizen residing in the County of Wayne in the state of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Ewing the applicant for a Pension, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy years of age, and that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed this 8 th day of February 1834 } Zachariah Lash his mark Robert Davis Hugh Culbertson associate Judge
I Hugh Culbertson, one of the special commissioners of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the state of Ohio, do hereby declare that it is my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier

and served as he states, and I further certify that it appears to me that Robert Davis who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Wayne, in the State of Ohio, and that Zachariah Lash, who has also signed the same is a resident citizen of the County of Wayne, in the State of Ohio, and is a credible Person, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit, and I further certify that the said applicant is unable, by reason of old age & bodily infirmity & infirmity to attend an Investigation in a Court of Record
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and Seal this 8 th day
of February 1834.
Hugh Culbertson Associate Judge
State of Ohio Wayne County ss. I J Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Hugh Culbertson who has taken and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and proceeding same one of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Wayne in the State of Ohio, and that the signature and Seal thereto subscribed and affixed is his genuine signature and Seal. In Testimony whereof I have set my name and affixed my Seal of Office this fifteenth day of March 1834.
J. Sloan Clerk

William Ewing
Pension Papers.
Act of 7 th June. 1832.
aged 70 years.
12 months service.
30. 195.
Address
John Paulk. Esq.
Jeromeville. P.O.
Jeromeville.
- Wayne, Co. Ohio.